Billboards in West Bank welcome settler extremists released by Katz

Billboards erected by settlers in the northern West Bank have been updated to welcome four settler extremists who were released this month after Defense Minister Israel Katz terminated administrative detentions for all Jewish suspects.

Israeli security forces have used the practice, which sees suspects detained without due process, against individuals believed to pose security threats but against whom there isn’t enough evidence for an indictment to hold up in court.

Several thousand Palestinians and several dozen Arab Israelis are currently under administrative detention.

All 16 Jewish detainees, who are largely suspected of committing attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, have been released, including four from the northern West Bank whose faces are currently plastered on several billboards in the territory.

On the other side of one of the billboards, a message in Arabic reads, “There is no future in Palestine” alongside a picture of displaced Palestinians fleeing their homes in Gaza. The message was also posted by settlers urging all Palestinians to emigrate.

Israeli settlers have put up massive billboards across the West Bank. The front reads: "No Future in Palestine," while the back side displays photos of settlers recently released from administrative detention, welcoming them. pic.twitter.com/d8FMid5unK

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